Amish Folding Step Stool

This is the 2011 version of a little step stool that I remember from the ‘50s kitchens of both of my grandmothers. I made it out of some oak from the bargain bin at the local Rockler store, and finished it with several coats of wipe-on polyurethane. I used some fancy through tenons to join the transverse stretchers to the legs, and floating tenons everywhere else.

@rusty2010: LOL, and thanks. You also know that the other seven tenons don’t look as good as the one in the closeup!

@Cozmo35: I used these plans as a starting point to get the general idea and the overall size. Then I made my own plans in order to get rid of the dowel stretchers and make it look more like I wanted. My blog has a couple of drawings that show the basic dimensions of the stool as I built it, along with some construction hints. Please give a yell if you need more details than are in the blog.